State v. Darien

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Eric Darien, Appellant.

Appeal From Jasper County

Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-307

Submitted May 1, 2012 – Filed May 16, 2012   

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac
McDuffie Stone III, of Bluffton, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Eric
Darien appeals his conviction of voluntary
manslaughter, arguing the trial court erred in denying his motion for a
directed verdict because the evidence presented established self-defense as a
matter of law.  After a thorough
review of the record and counsel's brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and
LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.